Her Devotion As A Knight ✔

Prologue

Hi, I'm Rikiya Chiyomi. I'm 18 years old, actually I just turned 18 today, but anyways. I live in the small town of Hannamura of the kingdom of Kyoko. There are about 10-15 other towns in the kingdom, but my town is the largest. As you can tell, this kingdom is big and quite wealthy. It's one of the biggest kingdoms of the four kingdoms.

Anyways, here, I've lived a pleasant life with my mom, dad, and my older brother, who has been a guard at the palace of Kyoko for five years now. He started when he was 15 years old. I was 13 years old at the time. I used to watch him pretend to sword fight at home. It was pretty entertaining, especially when he would pretend to stab at someone. Sometimes he would let me join him and be his opponent. Of course, like any nice brother would do, he would always let me win and when I would win he would always over exaggerate his death scenes. My brother was quite the jokster and actor. I barely see him now though because he's always busy at the palace. It's usually during the holidays that he is allowed to return home. I haven't seen him in over five months now. I miss him most of the time while the rest of the time I'm busy practicing sword fighting.

Oops, did I forget to mention that I am training to become a knight of the palace? Haha, sorry about that. It is the truth though. I am and have been since I was 13 years old. I was always into the kinds of things that boys were into and most of the time you could find me playing the boys. I've always been very tomboy-like and found girly things to be uninteresting. Anyways, off topic, one day, I came across royal knights of the palace practicing sword fighting in the field that I always used to go to pick beautiful flowers. I would go there every week to pick new flowers to set on the kitchen table at home. Now, I go regularly to see if the knights are practicing or to just practice there myself. I've always wanted to become a knight since then. I sometimes would spend hours on end practicing in that field until my parents would have to come get me and drag me home. 

I used to say to everyone and all my friends all the time that I wanted to be a knight of the palace, but I mostly got laughed at. Pretty rude, I know, but I learned to get used to it after a while. They always used to tell me that girls can't be knights and that it's the boys' jobs. That is complete bullshit. Girls can be just as strong and just as good as boys can be. I mean, talk about sexist. I'm not sure if it's because no girl has ever been a knight before, so they just assume that no girl would ever want to become one. I think the main reason that no one believes that I will be a knight is because of the fact that it is against the law for a girl to become a knight of the palace. Yes, against the law which sucks royally. That law has been up for many years and it hasn't changed, not once. 

The king believes that girls should be feminine and not associate ourselves with fighting and whatnot. In fact, the king sees his kingdom as a kingdom filled with elegant and beautiful young maidens. He even quoted that too in one of his speeches. I rolled my eyes at that though because if he thinks that I am going to be all girly and wear silly dresses then he's got another thing coming. 

With this law, you'd think that I would be devastated and have quit in wanting to become a knight. Well, not quite. Let's just say I have another way of becoming a knight. I haven't given up my dream and I won't give it up. I've practiced, I have the necessary skills to be a knight. Also, I want to prove to everyone that a girl can be just as fierce as a boy can be. I will show them my true strength and then they'll see. Maybe, just maybe, the law may be lifted.

A small smile appears on my face as I leave my house and walk down the sidewalk to the mailbox that sits on the right side of our house. It's a beautiful day. The sun is out and high in the sky, the birds are singing sweet tunes, and the sound of children playing in the streets can be heard. I love this town so much. The people here are so nice. Well, despite the fact that they all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a knight, but they don't do it as much anymore. In fact, some of them even admire my dedication and determination. It's true though. I am a very determined person and when I want something I won't stop until I get it.